Friedrich
Friedrich is a German male given name . The feminine form of the first name is Friederike .
Origin and meaning
The name Friedrich is composed of the Old High German words frid "Peace, Protection, Security" and rihhi (adj.) "Powerful, rich" or (n.) "Ruler, rule, power, empire" together. The first evidence of the name can be found in a Gothic calendar
fragment : · kg · þize ana Gutþiudai managaize marwtre jah Friþareikei [ kei ] s .
In the 18th and 19th centuries it was one of the most popular first names in Germany. Among other things, it was the guiding name of the Hohenzollern dynasty who ruled Prussia and the guiding name of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, which was also historically important . For the English and Russian opponents of the war in the world wars, the Germans were the "Fritze". See also Krauts .
distribution
Between 1790 and 1830 the name Friedrich was the most common nickname in Prussia with a share of over 40%. In the last few years of the 19th and early 20th centuries, he was often among the ten most common boy names. Its popularity then declined more and more.
Name days
- March 3 (also on February 4 ), Catholic or Protestant, Friedrich von Hallum (including Friedrich von Mariëngaarde , † 1175), pastor of Hallum , founder and later abbot of the Norbertine - monastery Mariëngaarde in Hallum in Friesland (Netherlands)
- May 8 , Catholic or Protestant, Friedrich von Hirsau († 1071), first abbot of the Hirsau monastery
- July 18 , Catholic or Protestant, Friedrich I of Utrecht († around 835), Bishop of Utrecht
- August 7 , Catholic or Protestant, Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld (1591–1635)
- November 29th , Catholic or Protestant, Friedrich von Regensburg († 1329), "People's Saint"
variants
- Old Norse : Friðrikr ( Friðikr , Fririkr ), Friðrekr ( Frirekr )
- Danish : Fedder , Fred , Freddi , Freddie , Freddy , Frederic , Frederich , Frederik , Fredi , Fredrik , Fredy , Friederich , Frits , Fritz
- German : Fiddy , Fredi , Frek , Frerk , Frerich , Friddo , Fridich , Frido , Fridolin , Friedi , Frieder , Friederich , Friedl , Friedo , Friedolin , Friedreich , Frily , Fritz
- English : Fred , Freddy , Freddie , Frederic , Fredric , Frederick , Fredrick
- Esperant : Frederiko
- Faroese : Fríðrikur , Frits
- Finnish : Feeti , Feetrikki , Feetu , Feija , Fetu , Fred , Fredrik , Freeri , Freete , Freeti , Freetu , Freska , Frettu , Fretu , Heetrikki , Heetu , Hetto , Preeri , Preeti , Reete , Reeterikki , Reeti , Reetrikki , Reetti , Reettu , Reetu , Reiska , Reittu , Reska , Rete , Retu , Rietelikki , Rieterik , Rietrikki , Riitu , Veeti , Veetrikki , Veetu , Veija , Veiju , Vetu
- French : Frédéric , Frédérik , feminine forms: Frédérique
- Frisian : Fiete , Fedde and Fedder , Feddo , Frederich , Frederik , Frerich
- Greek : Φρειδερίκος (Phreideríkos, Fridheríkos, Friderikos), Φρεδερίκος (Phrederíkos, Fredheríkos, Frederikos)
- Icelandic : Friðrekur , Friðrik
- Italian : Federico , Federigo
- Latin : Friederici , Fridericus , Fredericus , Federicus
- Latvian : Frīdrihs
- Lithuanian : Frydrichas
- Low German : Fiete , Fietje , Frederich , Frederik , Frerich , Freerk , Frühderk
- Dutch : Frederik , Fredrik , Freek , Frits , Fré
- Norwegian : Fred , Freddie , Freddy , Frede , Frederik , Fredrik , Frikk , Frits , Fritz
- Polish : Fryderyk
- Portuguese : Frederico
- Romansh : Fadri
- Swedish : Ficke , Figge , Fred , Freddie , Freddy , Frederick , Fredric , Fredrik , Fricke , Friederich , Frits , Fritz , Rik
- Russian : Фридрих (Fridrich)
- Spanish : Federico
- Czech : Bedřich , Frič
- Ukrainian : Фрідрих (Fridrych), Фрідріх (Fridrich), Фридрих (Frydrych)
- Hungarian : Frigyes
Well-known namesake
Ruler
→ Main article: List of rulers named Friedrich
First name
There are a large number of people whose first name is Friedrich. See Wikipedia People Search .
Middle name
- Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759), German Baroque composer
- Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg , pseudonym Novalis (1772–1801), German poet
- Johann Friedrich Hartknoch (1740–1789), German publisher and music dealer
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), German philosopher
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist and physicist
- Reinhard Friedrich Michael Mey (* 1942), German songwriter and singer, see Reinhard Mey
- Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wander (1803–1879), German educator and proverb collector
- Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866), German mathematician
- Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815-1894), German poet, art and literary historian
- Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker (1912–2007), German physicist and philosopher
- Johann Friedrich Wentzel (1670–1729), German painter and etcher
- People named Georg Friedrich, see Georg Friedrich (disambiguation)
family name
→ Main article: Friedrich (family name)
building
Others
- Friedrich (ship, 1880) , a traditional ship
- Friedrich (ship, 1910) , a mizzen man
- Friedrichstadt , mostly districts or cities laid out by a ruler of the name.
- the nickname of the F series of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (corresponding to the German spelling alphabet from 1934)
See also
- Vain Friedrich
- Friedrichs
- Friderichs
- Friedrich von Schwaben Minneroman
- Friedrichs University
- Fredrika